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Weekend Reading
A short list this week. The snow storm that kept me away from home for a night also slowed some of my regular reading. As always, when you read something worth sharing, please let us know. Have a great weekend. An article in The New York Times highlights the growing percentage of Americans who cannot…
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Snow
The past couple of days in Chicago have been defined by snow. Lot’s and lot’s of snow. This storm has taken its place among the great Chicago blizzards of winters past. Maggie snapped a couple of photos while out shoveling yesterday. I was at our denomination’s Midwinter conference near O’Hare on Tuesday when the storm…
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Weekend Reading
Three longish articles for your enjoyment. Have a great weekend. The Huffington Post republished an interview by Paul Brandeis Raushenbush with the host of of my favorite Public Radio program, This American Life. “Ira Glass, Religion and the Empathic Power of Storytelling” contains a few especially interesting observations, including this one about the structure of…
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On the Night Stand
Have you read any recommendation-worthy books in this first month of 2011? Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell was the first book I finished this month and the first I’ve read by the author. A friend jokes that most of what Gladwell will say in any of his books can be surmised in their titles. There’s some…
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Weekend Reading [Viewing]
I ended up bookmarking a few more videos than articles this week, so this edition of Weekend Reading is actually all viewing. Enjoy. Alan Hirsch describes the importance of connecting incarnational and missional theology. Your baptism is your commission. Two longish videos (part one and part two) from Desiring God featuring an interview with Tim…
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